09 March,2011 06:56 AM IST | | Mohit Sharma
CBI said on Tuesday that it has begun probing implications of the 2G spectrum scam related to country's internal security.
The investigating agency told Special Judge Pradeep Chaddah that it has started investigations as per the concerns raised by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy, who had come to the court seeking a probe into scam.
Swamy had also sought the court's direction to appoint him a public prosecutor to help the agency in probing the case and trying the accused.
The agency counsel said the CBI probe is also being monitored by the Supreme Court. The court, however, put up the matter for further hearing on March 17 as Swamy could not appear before it today as he was attending 2G Spectrum matter in the Supreme Court.
Swamy, in his petition filed before the court, had said Swam Telecom and Unitech Wireless, which were allotted licensees, had sold their major shares to two foreign companies Etisalat DB and Telenor, which is "a major threat" to national security.
"The first two licensees, Swan Telecom and Unitech Wireless , soon after the allocation of spectrum to them sold their controlling shares respectively to Etisalat DB and Telenor. The national security risk from these companies are highlighted by the Union Home Ministry as their connections go right into Pakistan," Swamy had alleged.
'Baseless'
The Finance Ministry has dismissed news reports alleging that an official had asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to scuttle the ongoing investigations into 2G spectrum scam.
"It is categorically denied that any such instruction has either been given by anyone in Finance Minister's Office to the Director of Enforcement or that such instruction has been passed down by the Director of Enforcement to any officer dealing with the 2G scam," an official release said.
